Warning: my client's logo looked fine on screen but awful on the banner

We printed a 10-foot vinyl banner for a cafe opening in Portland last month, and the owner pointed out the thin lines in their coffee cup logo were almost gone. She said, 'It's just a blob from across the street.' I learned to always check line weights for large format stuff, even if the file looks sharp on my monitor. Anyone else have a rule of thumb for minimum line thickness on big prints?

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price.nora9d ago

Check line weight on screen, but also zoom way out to like 10% view. That simulates the distance effect better for spotting problems.

casey4859d ago

That's a solid tip from @price.nora... zooming way out really does show what the final piece will look like from a few feet away. I'll even squint my eyes a bit at that zoom level to blur the details further. It catches weird spacing or a line that's too heavy instantly. Makes you fix problems before anyone else sees them. Saves so much time compared to just trusting the up-close view on screen.